Ex-astronaut's Liberal leadership bid launches #GarneauSlogans

[&lt;a href="//storify.com/cbccommunity/garneauslogans" target="_blank"&gt;View the story "Ex-astronaut's Liberal leadership bid launches #GarneauSlogans " on Storify&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;h1&gt;Ex-astronaut's Liberal leadership bid launches #GarneauSlogans &lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Storified by CBC News Community &amp;middot; Thu, Nov 29 2012 08:03:46&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;Liberal MP and former astronaut Marc Garneau announced yesterday morning that he would be running for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. The space puns started flying among Canada's political writers but, to be fair, Garneau started it. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Je décole - Blast off #Cndpoli #LPCLdrMarc Garneau&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ex-astronaut Marc Garneau launches Liberal leadership bid - Politics - CBC NewsLiberal MP and former astronaut Marc Garneau announced Wednesday morning he's &amp;quot;throwing his hat in the ring&amp;quot; and entering the Liberal lea...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Even the headline of his press release was a reference to his three space missions and status as first Canadian in space. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Taking Canada to New Heights: Marc Garneau Enters Liberal Leadership RaceNOVEMBER 28, 2012, MONTREAL - Marc Garneau, Liberal Member of Parliament for Westmount-Ville-Marie, today announced he will run for the l...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The National Post's Andrew Coyne called him out on all the space talk. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;How about a deal: WE won't write headlines like &amp;quot;failure to launch&amp;quot; if YOU won't say &amp;quot;let's take Canada to new heights&amp;quot; http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/11/28/ex-astronaut-marc-garneau-launches-federal-liberal-leadership-bid/Andrew Coyne&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;@acoyne no deal :-)Marc Garneau&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But Andrew Potter of the Ottawa Citizen thought Garneau should double down on the astronaut references. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Marc Garneau's press release title: &amp;quot;Taking Canada to New Heights&amp;quot;. His entire campaign should be space themed.Andrew Potter&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The National Post's Steve Murrary replied with a space-themed slogan and the #GarneauSlogans hashtag got rolling from there. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;.@jandrewpotter &amp;quot;The Liberal Race: The First Frontier (Towards a Federal Election)&amp;quot; #garneauslogansSteve Murray&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I will replace the F-35 with the Millenium Falcon. #garneauslogansSteve V&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Engineer, Naval officer, Astronaut, President of the Canadian Space Agency, MP - what have YOU done with your life? #garneauslogansStephen Hafenbrak&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;E = MG^2 #GarneauSlogansdrewski&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It's the Astronomy, Stupid. #GarneauSlogansEmmett Macfarlane&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Space, The Final Frontier. Well, also Alberta. #GarneauSlogansAndrew Coyne&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;'Trained to endure lots of spin and not vomit&amp;quot; #GarneauSlogansMackay Taggart&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yes We Khan #GarneauSlogansWill Murray&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Socially Centre-Left but Fiscally Centre-Right Stuff #garneauslogansAndrew Coyne&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To majority ... and beyond! #GarneauSlogansWilfrid Laurier&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But could Garneau's experience in space backfire and become fodder for the dreaded political attack ad?&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;First CPC ad: Marc Garneau -- He didn't come back to earth for YOU! #GarneauSlogansBarb Hill Bissonnett&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;CPC already attacking Marc Garneau with TV ads saying Garneau supports tax on dilithium crystals.Gerry Nicholls&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Garneau supports use of Canadarm 2, taking valuable space-jobs from non-robotic Canadians. #GarneauAttackAds #cdnpoIiDaschkoCo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Can you trust someone who spent all his life trying to leave this planet? #GarneauAttackAdsPhil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the end, Garneau himself got in on the #GarneauSlogans fun, garnering the most retweets of anyone. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#garneauslogans it's'not rocket science. Believe me, I know a thing or two about rocket scienceMarc Garneau&lt;/div&gt;